“You said it, can't run now. Send me contract @rafwrestlingusa. I'm ready to mop the floor with this bum. Another 10—0 coming right up.”

– via instagram reacts to Michael Chandler calling him out for a wrestling match

“He wants me to get hurt so I couldn't fight him. I'm a nightmare for him, and he knows that if we fight, he's going to lose.”

– via MMA Fighting responding to Paddy Pimblett’s recent comments about wanting him to suffer a serious injury.

“I want Justin to beat Paddy, because Justin, he is going to fight with me, but if Paddy wins, he is going to try to avoid me, because he is not [a] man like Justin”

– via Helen Yee (January 9, 2026), explaining why he is rooting for Justin Gaethje in the upcoming UFC 324 interim title fight.

“They want to make him champion. They know that if they put me in, he’s going to lose and the star is going to be gone. Gaethje is easy money for him. That’s why they even gave him the interim title, because he’s not going to be a real champion, because there’s Ilia Topuria and he can never beat Ilia Topuria”

– via MMA Fighting (January 11, 2026), following his dominant wrestling victory at RAF 5, as he continued his verbal assault on the UFC's decision to sideline him for the UFC 324 interim title.

“OK, but how many people destroyed Michael Chandler? He is 40 years old. He has six losses and two wins in the UFC. He has like four loses win streak. He is a nobody… he showed good fights but he is not an elite fighter”

– via Daniel Cormier podcast, questioning Paddy Pimblett's ranking elevation following his victory over Michael Chandler.

“Bro, how can you beat #12 or #13 and become #5. I was beating everybody in our division. I was on a 5 or 6 win streak to get in Top 15. This guy just beat 6 people and he's #5”

– via The Ariel Helwani Show, questioning the validity of Paddy Pimblett's high UFC lightweight ranking.